“Frances Ha”: It's hard not to think of Woody Allen while watching scenes from this Manhattan-set black-and-white comedy from indie film power couple Noah Baumbach, who directed, and Greta Gerwig, who stars. It also sort of resembles one of the spring's acclaimed books, Rachel Kushner's “The Flame Throwers.” Both are tours of New York in the company of artistic but unsettled young women, in “Frances Ha's” case a dancer prone to pratfalls.

“Life Is Sweet”: Director Mike Leigh's deeply affecting family comedy gets a Criterion upgrade, including a new commentary by the director. It centers on twin sisters just out of their teens, one resolutely cheerful, the other (an unforgettable Jane Horrocks) dreadfully unhappy. Leigh gained wider recognition with “Naked” and “Secrets & Lies,” but he never made a better movie.

Also: “Dark Skies”

DVDs in stores Tuesday

CDs

John Fogerty, “Wrote a Song for Everyone”: The Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman dusts off a dozen of his classic songs and gives them a spin with help from the likes of Kid Rock, Bob Seger and Brad Paisley. The disc contains two new songs, “Mystic Highway” and “Train of Fools,” and the must-hear pairing of Miranda Lambert and guitarist Tom Morello on the title track.

“We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves,” Karen Joy Fowler: Sisters Rosemary and Fern were inseparable as girls until, inexplicably, Fern disappeared. That could be the start of a dozen conventional thrillers. In none of them would Fern be a chimp, “twinned” with Rosemary from birth by her animal behaviorist father. From the outside, it's a failed experiment and a curiosity. From the inside, it's a family tragedy, a loss Rosemary can hardly speak about even as it haunts her into adulthood. (Thursday)